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/ March 2, 1923 MAROON AND GOLD Page Three j| tee eoad to testeebat i I I I Edited by I i i 1 I G. C. DONOVAN, ’17 I | | I I Alumni General Secretary I | I flllllllllllllltll Respond to the call of other days. Attend COMMENCEMENT May 27th to 29th Alumni Speaker REV. STANLEY C. HARRELL, ’11 of Durham, N. C. my riRST AND ONLY YEAR AT ELON AS A STUDENT By Herbert Scholz, ’91 I arrivod at Elon ('o]h‘a(* the evening before the college opened its lirst session. Had boon a stndent previously in Gra ham (,'ollei?e. Klon (.’ullei’C was a con- timiiitioii of (irahani (,’ollege. Xoarly same faculty, though there were some additions and snl)tractions. I spent my first nifi'lit in the Administration bnild- i iog. Had a mattress to slf-M'p on. Imt no I pillow nor cover. Elijah Moffitt, deceas ed, slopt with me. Everything was in ■ ao unfinished state. I’ngs and jinats j were as pli'utiful as in the forest prim- ; evul, The j>rincipal feature on the open ing day Avas a si)eech by Dr. Daniel Al- , brigli Long. ile talked for cue hour aud forty-five miniites. I know, because I timed him. His was the concluding speech of a series made by a number of the church notables. 1 admired his ora tory and hoped that some day I’d be j able to equal him. Have not yet realized ‘i my hope. For about a month after the optuing. saw and hammer kept up such a racket that my nerves got on idge, and a gioat relief came \\iien the carp enters left. My room was on the second floor of the building, adjoining the chapel on tlie north side. Dr. Wicker was my room’ mate. We took our meals at Dr. J. U. Xewinaii's residence, which was the Wil I liamson House. W'e were both in love, 1 but not with the same girl. He after wards married his girl; mine jilted me. As lie ^vas a liypnotist. he had the ad- vantage of me. The chief amusement of some of the bojK was to slip in the cha]>el about the time the most of us were asleep, tie a ■ number of chairs together with a Ion; j ropp, throw the loose end of the rope 'I out of the window where it hnng within reach from the ground, then go outside and pull the rope, causing ihe chains to move across the hall, tumbling over all I tlie other chairs they touched, and rais- j ‘DK a nicket loud enough to raise the •lead, were such possibU*. Another favorite amusement w’as for iis to get together about ten o'clock at D'ghc and go around and serenade every lioiise in town. Our favorite songs were, i “Sw^ing Xeiiie Ilojiie”, "Good Rye, My ; I'O'or. Good Kye,” and ‘*.rust Going j to the Gate": all three classics. On'! night Seymore \\'illi!i j huuidryman, came fiti'Ilo. and we had lams, our effic- over with his - most delightful liriine out on the cami)us. Williams play- ^ I.ifjiit, Ladies." Will Long, Jr.. ®'iwl figm-es, and the rest of us swung partners ju very graceful fashion “ifil Di'. W. S. liong came out and put istop to the fun. 1 might here remai-k of parenthesis, that Dr. N. G. (liti not happ'u to be with us night: he was in his room writing * note to Miss Kat('. He hadn't , since that evening at supper. Thci-p wpi-e numbers of things that we { ‘lot liave during i]i(> first .year of ! history. There wasn't any li- ^ fber(‘ wasn't any rending room, I' H-asn t any physical and chemical wasn't any gymnasium, wasn t any steam heat nor any left lying around. The life we li\'ed might be designated a pioneer college life. lOverything in those times was cheap. ^ly board, tuition, books and clothing and incidental expenses did not cost hut two hundred dollars for the year. 'I he subjects taught in the freshman year then are now taught in second and third year high school: and we read Virgil's Aem'id for the second time during the senior year. liut while the standard was not then as high as it is now, yet the subject matter was none the less dirticult. One could not get an A. B. degree without taking an abundance of r.atin and Greek, with a year or two of 1‘ rench and German thrown in for good ineasure. I took all four, tiu‘refore 1 ought to be a linguist. 'I'lie student body that year was small, but what they lacked in numbers they made up in quality. The two largest men physically were D. M. Williams and fi. T. Ilin-ley. Both looked strong enough to live forever, but they died young. Sevej’al others 'whose ouilook was bright with promise also were strick en down by the grim reaper before they had lived long enough to accomplish mnch. .V number of those who sun iA'e have climhel to places of distinction and are doing a good work. May they live nniny years yet and continue to l>rosper. 'I'here were only three in my class. 'I'wo of us survive. The other ojie was called hence a few years ago. All the members of the faculty are liv ing, though not all now in the faculty. Since the burning of the administration building, the student body doubtless are put to considerable inconvenience, but they still have better advantages than we had who took our diplomas at the first Elon commencement. Macon, X. C.. Jfarch, 302:}. WERE YOU HERE WHEN— Early ehapel-goers on the morning after HalloweVn in the autumn of ’13 met a bouncing black pig waltzing down the tower stairs, a forlorn calf called its mother while galloping the chapel aisles, and a tw'o-horsc wagon reclined in its new cnAaronment on the chapel rostrum? ** #.* »*•» » HARRELL-BOONE On February 22 Miss Alberta Boone, 'IS. and ]lev. Stanley ('. Harrell, ’01). were married in the first Presbyterian (’hurch, Duiham. X. C. The church was decorated with palms, ferns and smilax. The brides maids carri»‘d colonial cor- .sag(“s showered with sweet peas. Mrs. W, II. Boone, mother of the bride, was matron of honor. The bride wore a gown of Duchesse satin embroidei-ed in pearls and trimmed with princess lace, with court train and il of tulle and a coronet of pointe lace and orange blossoms. Her shower bou quet was of brides roses and valley lilies. Dr. W. W. Staley, of Suffolk. Va.. per formed the ceremony. Dr. W. II. Boone, ‘O-lr. father of the bride, and Mrs. Boone entertainod th«- wedding ])arty after the \\edding at a beautifully appointed buffet luncheon. FORMER STUDENT KILLED iiis inany Klon friends will be griev ed to hear that Joseph Miller Davidson, former student, was killed .March 1 when his automobile was struck by a locomotive at a grade crossing near Boyce, Va. Mr. Davidson until a year ago had an interest in a Greensboro, "N. C., drug store. Since that time he has been traveling for the Parke-Davis Drug compan;v, a wholesale firm of Baltimore. Mr. Davidson w’as a brother of Miss Lois Baird Davidson, ’12. #.♦ •« «'« «v WHO AND WHERE '93--J. W. Rawls w^as heard from last week. His address is Glcnwood Springs, Colorado. '96—^frs. Joe Bynum Gay, of Frank lin, Va._, recently visited her son on the Hill, Joe Bynum, Jr. ■’10—Miss Nannie Emma Farjner is teaching at Landis, X”. C. ’10—Miss Xannie Baker Farmer is teaching at News Ferry. Va. —Miss Mabel Hale Farmer, vice- president of the Alumni Association, is teaching at Rocky Mount, X. C. ’12—J, A. Dickey, Jr., of the Cornell r})ivcrsity faculty, had a short article in a recent issue of the University of Xorth Caj’olina Xews Letter. It was headed “A Tar Heel Xorth.’’ Mr. Dickey plans to make a study of coun try life in West Virginia soon. '15—John L. Farmer was on the Hill Wednesday. 'Mr. Farmer is in the to bacco business. ’20—L. R. (Lonnie) Sides, principal of the Ellerbe, X. 0., schools, brought his basketball team here on the 22nd to play the Scrubs. '20—T. B. Parks may be addressed in care of Penn State, State College, ■Penna. ’22—Shiehls Cheek spent part of the 22nd here. Sickness at home cut his stay short, ilr. Cheek is teaching at Ellerbe, X. C. ♦♦ V# WITH OTHER ASSOCIATIONS The University of Virginia Alumni records show the following number of men higher officers in the U. S. Army: 1 major general, 4 brigadier generals, 33 colonels, 49 lieuteuant-colonels^ and 125 majors. The Alumni Associaiton of Michigan Agricultural College is waging an en thusiastic campaign for .funds to build the Union Memorial building. Part of this building will be a club apartment. FOR YOUNG MEN, COLLEGE MEN, STUDENTS We’ve Got the SUITS and OVERCOATS for Y O U “Tot” and “Dover” Will Suit and Furnish You HEADQUAETERS FOE COLLEGE MEN Coleman-Heritage Co. Burliugton North Carolina Mrs. Alice Corboy Is Hostess To Neveles To The Whole Business—Student Body and Faculty We wish you success and happiness in this the ^ New Year, and if there is anything that we may do to help make it so— PLEASE COMMAND US Freeman Drug Company The REXALL Store J. P. BRADLEY, Mgr. MANHATTAN SOCIETY BRAND p. ;j: SHIRTS CLOTHES ^ . i I Semi-Annual Clearance Sale I i J s lOEio; , , ,, J V H 800 SUITS and overcoats * ^ I m this sale at :T=: It: >; TWENTY PER CENT REDUCTION p. p. 25 DOZEN MANHATTAN SHIRTS AT J J , « ONE-FOURTH REDUCTION 0E30 fi I B. A. Sellars & Sons I A »: Style Headquarters § s BURLINGTON NORTH CAROLINA' 5 Mrs. A. L. Hook Wins Prize in Flower Contest—Refreshments Served. works. Each room had a stove Used wood in them instead of ^' I>ach boy who roomed in the col- ^*iildinK furnished his own wood, the most of mine off the camj)us, •butting up old lo;is that had been ELON ALUMNUS TO PRESS WAR FRAUD CASES IN U. S. COURT Simeon M. Atkinson. '00. well-known member of the Kichmond bar. has been ap pointed a special assistant to the At* torney-(ieneral of the United States to pivss the war fraud cases in the T'nit‘d States Court at llichmond. Air. Arkinson has heon ]>racticin;j law in Kichmond for a number of years and will maintain his headquarters in the city while carrying on the j-overinnent's litigation, lie assume.s Ihe duties of his office at once. Mr. Atkinson received his education at Elon and Harvard and was an officer in the army of the I nited States in the World War. Vance Vaughan, of Franklin, Va., plans to visit Elon Sunday. 'I'he Faculty Xe\ ele Club met last Mon day evening? with Mrs. Alice Corboy in fhc Ladies' Hall with twelve members of their enrollment of sixteen present, de spite the inclemency of the weather, and one invited s'uest. Mrs. A. L. Hook. 'I’he evenin^*^ was whiled away with nei'dle work, discussion of current topics, and expressions of criticisms on the l)00ks whi(‘h are being read by the club members. Immediately following I his part of the program a flower contest in \\hich Mrs. A. L. Hook was the winner, was engaged in. The prize was a de lightful box of candy especially prepared for the occasion. 'I'he hostess was assisted by Mrs, Frank (’orboy. and they served refreshments of sandwiches, pickles, cake, and hot choco late with marshmallows. ELON COLLEGE ALMA MATER For Full Particulars Address >! I PRESIDENT W. A. HARPER, ELON COLLEGE, N. C. ^ A teacher in one of the primary grades of the public school had noticed a strik ing Platonic friendship that existed be tween Tommy and little Joan, two of her i)upils. Tommy was a bright enough youngster, out ho wasn’t disposed to follow his studies with much energy, and his teach er said unless he stirred himself before the end of the year he wouldn’t be moved up to a new class. “You must study harder,’’ she told him. "or you won’t pass. How would you like to stay back in this class an other year and have little Joan go ahead of you?” “Oh,"’ said 'Fommy. “I guess there’ll be other little Joans.”—Pearson’s Week ly. (London). DID YOU GET UP TOO LATE FOR BREAKFAST? i The old-timers on the Hill had to go hungry until din- ner time when they overslept, but today you can find a delicious warm meal waiting for you if you will call at the H COLLEGE CAFE | P - ^ Be Sure and Stop at When in Burlington ALL FOOD IS HOME-COOKED It is located over Freeman’s Drug Store MRS. S. W. SUMMERS MLSS SARA SUMMERS Proprietresses i>i i«i Ilf iftii it- - Boone's ‘‘The Merv’s Shop BURLINGTON, N. C. The College Store has fresh fruits, candy, cold drinks, etc. Headquarters for Spalding Sporting Goods Office Supplies, Books and Stationery Wills Book and Stationery Co. GEEENSBOEO, N. C. You will find a complete line of social stationery—including that with college and society seals—at the College Store.
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